"
But Enoch shook his head. "No, Diana, please! I've dreamed all my
life of this canyon trip. You mustn't dissuade me. Milton will be
starting to-morrow and I'm going to crowd in, somehow."
Na-che called again. Diana turned silently and in silence they
returned to the end of the broken trail. Here they explained to Na-che
the conditions of the trail beyond and that they had determined to give
up the expedition for that day.
"I doubt if I try to investigate it at all, on this trip," said Diana,
when they had made the difficult ascent to the plateau. "I really
ought to get into the Hopi country. My conscience is troubling me."
Na-che looked disappointed. "That is a good camp, by the river," she
said. "But maybe," eagerly, "the Judge and Jonas will come with us."
"You like Jonas, don't you, Na-che?" asked Enoch.
The Indian woman laughed and tossed her head, but did not answer.
It was only four o'clock when they reached camp, but already dusk was
settling in the Canyon. A good fire was going in front of the cave and
Jonas was guarding his stew which simmered over a smaller blaze near
Diana's tent. Na-che lifted the lid of the kettle, sniffed and turned
away with a shrug of her shoulders.
"What's troubling you, woman?" demanded Jonas.
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